The former Brazilian leader has been arrested after authorities concluded he posed a concrete flight risk while under home confinement.
The former head of state was convicted of plotting a government overthrow in September and sentenced more than over two decades in jail, but he remained under house arrest pending legal challenges.
High Court Judge Justice Moraes said the action to imprison the 70-year-old politician was a preventative measure after "new facts" came to light.
This included attempting to break his tracking device and a summons to a demonstration that could enable a chance to flee".
Judicial Records Show Escape Risks
In a paperwork permitting the arrest, the judge said intelligence from the centre monitoring the former president's confinement suggested the one-time head of state's aim to disable the surveillance device to ensure success in his flight.
This, it said, would be assisted by the chaos caused by the protest called by his child.
His child, Flávio Bolsonaro, who works as a senator, called for a meeting of his supporters near his father's house to take place on the weekend.
Flávio Bolsonaro wrote on online platforms on last Friday: Do you plan to struggle for your country, or see it all from your phone there on your sofa? I call on you to battle with us."
He said the gathering would be so followers could seek divine intervention for his well-being and for the return of democracy in our land."
Foreign Shelter Risks
Part of Justice Moraes's determination was the potential of Bolsonaro's transfer to foreign missions near the home, considering that the probes revealed a history of arranging to seek refuge through a embassy office", a announcement said.
The legal document emphasizes that the American diplomatic mission in the national capital, the capital city, is located around approximately 13 kilometers from the former president's residence.
International Reactions
His judicial problems have generated frustration from fellow conservative nationalist US President Donald Trump, causing him to impose a fifty percent tax on Brazilian product imports.
Bolsonaro is being held in a federal law enforcement building in Brasilia and will undergo a custody hearing on Sunday.
Recent Judicial Appeals
It was only on the previous day that the his legal team asked the Supreme Court to allow him to serve his whole jail sentence under house arrest, with tracking devices.
They also requested that the former president be authorized to exit his dwelling for healthcare, saying he needed regular treatment for respiratory ailments and other illnesses.
Details of Guilty Verdict
The former president was determined responsible of heading a scheme aimed at keeping him in power after he was defeated in the presidential race to his political opponent, President Lula.
Supreme Court justices said that he was aware of a plan which encompassed plans to assassinate Lula and his running partner, Alckmin, and to arrest and execute Alexandre de Moraes - the top judicial official who has been presiding over Bolsonaro's trial.
The plot was stopped because it couldn't obtain the endorsement of the military leaders. The current president was inaugurated without issue on the first day of 2023.
But a following week, on January 8th, numerous his backers stormed and vandalised public facilities in the national capital, Brazil's capital.
The police took action and around approximately 1,500 persons were detained.
The judges found that the rioters had been provoked by Bolsonaro whose strategy, they said, was for the Brazilian military to intervene, bring back stability and reinstate his authority.
At the period, his attorneys called the over 27-year sentence extremely harsh.
He was also banned from seeking elected position until the year 2060 - eight years after the completion of his term.
The former president called the court case a political persecution and said it was intended to stop him participating in the 2026 national vote.
